Ubuntu Install crash , cant dual boot my laptop :(

[Swapnil]

Binary package hint: ubiquity

I tried to install Ubuntu on my Lenovo T61 and it crashed with the log files , I have a ntfs,ext3 and swap on my harddrive.I had created them via gparted and then i had tried to go for a clean install and it fails , tried multiple times downloaded the new image on a new usb media but it fails everytime.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Jan 31 09:43:13 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Package: ubiquity 2.0.8
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity gtk_ui
ProcCwd: /home/ubuntu
ProcEnviron: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/proc/4197/environ'
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
PythonArgs: ['/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity', 'gtk_ui']
SourcePackage: ubiquity
Title: ubiquity crashed with InstallStepError in configure_user()
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
UserGroups:

XsessionErrors:
 (gnome-settings-daemon:3963): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (gnome-settings-daemon:3963): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (nautilus:4024): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:4054): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (gnome-panel:4023): Gtk-WARNING **: gtk_widget_size_allocate(): attempt to allocate widget with width -3 and height 24

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Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #258603, so is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.

[Swapnil (s-lanjekar)]

I went through bug#258603 but it seems different to me , please help

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

I don't know if it helps, but if you compare the two files traceback.txt, they do match, which I think is the cause.

[Swapnil (s-lanjekar)]

I happen to get a solution to this :
1) During installation when it asks for option at the user creation screen instead of going with the default option of
" required user id and password for login " I selected "option automatic login " and the installation worked .

To check if this was just a fluke, i ran the installtion couple of times on the same machine and came to the conclusion when ever i went with the default logon option i.e " required user id and password for login " i ended up with the above error "ubiquity crashed with InstallStepError in configure_user()" and whenever i selected the " automatic login option " it went through , I am not a guru but this is what I tried to understand from the syslog file .This is my dummy way of getting this resolved as of now.

 I would appreciate any help if some one explain me any downside of this option or the actual reason of the error i faced .